I offer a personalized bar tutorial for the Maryland MD Bar Exam; District of Columbia DC Bar Exam and Georgia GA Bar Exam. The course consists of nearly three (3) months of instruction on black-letter law tested for the respective bar exam(s), and intensive practice using actual bar exam questions for the respective jurisdictions. I work with anyone who wants to take the bar, such as repeaters, new students and attorneys.

Format: The class is conducted online, which maximizes your study time, by eliminating wasted travel time and creates flexible class format that does not require one to quit their job, ignore their family and otherwise stop having a life. This format also results in highly personalized interaction between the student and me.

Summary: I do the following for nearly three months:

1. Supply a student with a concise but through black-letter law study outline for each subject tested on the bar (usually one subject per week). The outlines highlight the most tested sub-areas on the bar. The outlines contain all of the law that you need to know and were created after an intensive analysis of Maryland, DC and Georgia law and old Maryland, DC and Georgia bar exam questions from 1991until now.

2. After the student reviews the outline for a particular subject, I supply the student with at least 3 actual old MD bar exam essay questions for that subject, which they must answer, using the practice outlines to do so correctly. By the end of the class, you will have written at least 33 practice essays before the exam. Practice question are carefully selected to reflect the most tested areas and sub-topics on the Maryland; DC or Georgia bar exam.

3. After the student returns their practice answers to me, I then provide detailed feedback on the student's answers, in order to diagnose and eliminate any problem areas. Plus, I will assign additional essays for 'problem' subjects based upon the quality of the initial answers. I also teach a concise, efficient method for answering questions.

4. The emphasis in this class is practice, practice and practice. You will learn the law and how to apply it to the facts. Most importantly, you will learn from your weaknesses and improve upon them. You will also learn to focus upon the most important areas, instead of trying to memorize the entire legal code code.

Deadline: Ideally, I will be starting the class at the beginning of May (May 1) which will allow nearly three months for instruction and review for the July 2005 bar exam. The class will last from the beginning of May until at least a week before the exam.

NOTE: For repeaters who were unsuccessful on the February 2005 bar exam, I can start the class after they receive their results - which usually released by mid-May. (although I hope everyone currently waiting for results will pass the bar)

Typically, my students work during the day and have families, so the longer term works well for them. I am at least as demanding than the examiners will probably be, so you are well-prepared by exam day. This class uses an active learning approach because you are always practicing bar exam skills, rather than just memorizing materials.

My Background: I am admitted and have practiced in MD, DC and GA, having used this method to pass the bar in all three jurisdictions. To date, I have successfully tutored other students on the bar using these methods. I take very few students at once and work hard with each student on an individual daily basis for the eleven or so weeks prior to the exam.

Comparison: After 3-4 years of law school, worth thousands of dollars in loans, and a legal career worth many thousands more, the bar exam is too important a goal to fulfill just by buying second-hand, dated materials online. People flunk the bar exam because they merely cram by reading books, rather than practicing.

Most importantly, used books cannot provide feedback on the mistakes that one may be making in their legal writing. I can and will help a student to maximize their performance and pass the bar.

Price: My prices are extremely reasonable, considering the personalized quality of the instruction, which is unavailable in larger commercial courses. This class is based upon diagnosing and fulfilling the needs of individual bar candidates.

I am a serious teacher who only teaches serious students. If you are serious about passing the bar, please email me at paulgwer@hotmail.com.